Biometrics developer Fujitsu’s new biometric palm scanner looks to replace finger print scanners by being safer and more consistent, according to a Scientific American article. The system, called PalmSecure, claims that it is harder to crack than a fingerprint scanner as it requires blood to be pumping through the palm when it is scanned. PalmSecure […]

Certain types of radio frequency identification tags can cause electromagnetic interference with medical equipment, according to a report in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The report cautions facilities to check for interference from an RFID system before deploying it. The study examined the impact of 125-kHz and 868-MHz frequencies on medical equipment. The […]

SmartCentric Technologies International Ltd. has announced that John K. Brueck Jr. has joined SmartCentric Technologies US LLC as regional sales manager of North America. Brueck will focus on expanding sales in the campus market. Previously he was director of Campus Card Services at Nova Southeastern University from 2003-2006. He joins SmartCentric at a time when […]

Biometric Intelligence & Identification Technologies, a biometric technology provider, has filed for a patent on a mobile, wireless handheld iris scanner. The new device, called MORIS for Mobile Offender Recognition and Information System, is immediately intended for use by law enforcement agencies as a means of quickly identifying someone in custody. MORIS is software that […]

SCM Microsystems Inc. announced CHIPDRIVE MyKey, a new USB device designed to make it safer and easier for people to access the Internet and information networks. The technology is based on smart card technology. The CHIPDRIVE MyKey stores passwords, credit card numbers and other sensitive information. It works with an application that fills in username/password […]

UK’s Identity and Passport Service’s biometric ID card project may have some possible issues due to fingerprint errors, according to a Silicon.com article. The Biometrics Assurance Group, and independent UK-based biometrics group, has warned that the project, which is to be rolled out over the next four years in the UK, is facing possible serious […]

Devices such as residential keyless deadbolts, which use fingerprint scanners for locking and unlocking, are seeing more widespread use, according to an Edmonton Sun article. Thanks to companies such as Lenovo, who first implemented fingerprint ID scanners in the IBM ThinkPad series, fingerprint scanner costs are dropping and are being used in many other private […]

In order to better protect information stored on smart cards, NLnet Foundation is giving Radboud University in Nijmegen, Netherlands more than $200,000 to develop an open source software model for the microprocessor cards, according to Computerworld UK. The plan is to publish the code and research for peer review. Companies will then be able to […]

The UK Home Office has selected Sagem Sécurité, part of the SARAN Group, to supply the biometric management system for UK visa applicants and the biometric management subsystem for the Biometric Residents Permit project. These systems will be able to track the immigration status for Third Country Nationals, through the production of biometric ID cards. […]

NXP Semiconductors announced that the Max Planck Institute for European History of Law Library has chosen the Longlife RFID labels from Bibliotheca RFID Library Systems. The new system is based on the ICODE SLI-SY chip. This latest ICODE product offers a 40-year data lifespan to produce a solution that offers long-term data integrity. The German […]